• Portolan chart of the Adriatic., Atlas with seven double-page Portolan charts (index Portolano, maps, Lord Lumley's Atlas)

circuit of wall in a lake) (ff. 7v-8). Atlas with seven double-page Portolan charts (index Portolano, maps, Lord Lumley's Atlas) John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: his name inscribed (f. 1); listed in

• Text page with a full floral border., Books Three and Five of the Canon of Avicenna in Hebrew translation of Nathan ha-Meati

Text page with a full floral border. Two unfoliated blank leaves after f. 212. Watermark, f. [214], unidentified.Colophon was partially erased and overwritten in [5]243, that is, 1483. Full floral border, in colours and gold (f. 209). Books Three

• Detail of a miniature of a peacock in a flask., Splendor Solis (an alchemical treatise) (index Splendor of the Sun)

of the Sun) Charles II, king of England (b. 1630, d. 1685): a manuscript answering to 3469 was seen by John Evelyn in the library of Charles II at Whitehall Palace, 2 Sept. 1680, being described by him as follows:

• Detail of a miniature of amorous couples drinking, reading, and playing music, from the lower border of the folio., Splendor Solis (an alchemical treatise) (index Splendor of the Sun)

of the Sun) Charles II, king of England (b. 1630, d. 1685): a manuscript answering to 3469 was seen by John Evelyn in the library of Charles II at Whitehall Palace, 2 Sept. 1680, being described by him as follows:

• Text page., Breviary, use of Sarum

before 1505 by Antonius Van Gavere (burgher of Bruges from 18th July 1458 and admitted into the Guild of St John the Evangelist in 1459; d. 1505): tooled inscription on the book cover, 'ob laudem xpristi librum hunc recte ligavi

• Miniature of a man warming himself by a fire, in a calendar page for December., Breviary, Use of Vallombrosa

Miniature of a man warming himself by a fire, in a calendar page for December. Damage done to the book by a Thames flood in the early 19th century (see S. C. Cockerell, ~The Book of Hours of Yolande

• Historiated initial of a man praying, at the beginning of Psalm 101., Breviary, Use of Vallombrosa

Historiated initial of a man praying, at the beginning of Psalm 101. Damage done to the book by a Thames flood in the early 19th century (see S. C. Cockerell, ~The Book of Hours of Yolande of Flanders: A

• Decorated initial 'E'(va) and border with leaves and foliate decoration., Meditationes, Soliloquia (ff. [28-74v]), and Manuale (ff. [74v-97v]); Liber Supputationum (suspiria) (ff. 97v-[114]); and various prayers or meditations

1897, d. 1977), businessman and book collector: his book-plate (inside upper cover); and manuscript number-plate 'HD M27' (first folio).The Henry Davis Gift of book-bindings was donated to the British Museum in 1968. Decorated initial Pseudo-Augustine; John of Fécamp Netherlands, N.

• Drawing of an interior space., Stimulus Conscientiae (Prick of Conscience); The Abbey of the Holy Ghost, and other devotional texts.

in red. Stimulus Conscientiae (Prick of Conscience); The Abbey of the Holy Ghost, and other devotional texts. 16th-century inscription 'Jhn John Danyell oethe this boke' (f. 26).16th-century inscriptions 'Roberte Holgate', or 'Robert Holgate' (ff. 93, 109v, 110).Cox Macro (b. 1683,

• Miniature of Urbs Roma, in military dress, seated upon a pile of armour, holding a broken sword and a figure of winged Victory, flanked by the letters 'S' and 'C', and enclosed within an architectural roundel and frame., Cutting possibly from the Notitia Dignitatum

19th-century hand on verso, 'J. M. W. 1856 / I. Lwe / "School of Leonardo da Vinci/ Very fine miniature"'. John Malcolm of Poltalloch (b. 1805, d. 1893), art collector and landowner: ink stamp on verso 'Malcolm Collection / B.M'.;

• Decorated initial 'U'(trum) and white vine border with flowers, a winged putto, birds, a gem, and 2 compartments with rabbits, at the beginning of the text., Orator (ff. 1-59v); Brutus (ff. 60-138)

Decorated initial 'U'(trum) and white vine border with flowers, a winged putto, birds, a gem, and 2 compartments with rabbits, at the beginning of the text. Catchwords.Very clean manuscript: no marginal annotations.This manuscript was made in Florence c. 1470-c.

• White vine initial 'V'(rbis) combined with a white vine border and penwork, flowers and a coat of arms in a wreath forming a full border at the beginning of the text., Facta et dicta memorabilia

White vine initial 'V'(rbis) combined with a white vine border and penwork, flowers and a coat of arms in a wreath forming a full border at the beginning of the text. Beginning with a list of chapters (f. 1r-v).Leaf

• Partial border with birds and a leopard and an historiated initial 'D'(um) of Petrarch, holding a book., De remediis utriusque fortunae

Partial border with birds and a leopard and an historiated initial 'D'(um) of Petrarch, holding a book. f. [iv] is a former pastedown.There are 3 unfoliated ruled folios after f. 6*.The table of contents (ff. 1*-6*) is in a

• Miniature of the Christ carrying the cross on the road to Calvary., Prayer book (Fifteen Oes of St Bridget), imperfect

117v), the Nailing to the Cross (f. 118v), the Crucifixion (f. 119), the Deposition (f. 119v; unfinished), the Pietà with John and Mary Magdalene (f. 120v), the Entombment (f. 121)). 'Champ' initials in colours and gold. Paraphs in red. Prayer

• Text page with extended ascenders, cadels and the head of a man in profile., Offices and prayers

Text page with extended ascenders, cadels and the head of a man in profile. Numerous initials in red or blue. Some capitals marked with stroke of red. Ascenders of the top line extending and sometimes decorated with cadels, or

• Historiated initial 'S'(oror) with Seneca holding a scroll extending into the margin at the beginning of Seneca's Hercules furens., Tragoediae (index Tragedies)

Historiated initial 'S'(oror) with Seneca holding a scroll extending into the margin at the beginning of Seneca's Hercules furens. Catchwords written vertically.The outer bifolio in the first quire is made of parchment (ff. 1/12).ff. 205-206v are ruled leaves with

• White vine initial 'S'(epe) with decoration extending into the margin at the beginning of De inventione., De inventione (index Rhetorica) (ff. 1-89v), Rhetorica ad Herennium (index De ratione dicendi ad Herennium)(ff. 90-168v), Synonyma ad Lucium Veturium (ff. 169-185)

White vine initial 'S'(epe) with decoration extending into the margin at the beginning of De inventione. Catchwords written vertically. No visible watermark. 2 white vine initials in gold and colours with decoration extending into the margin (ff. 1, 90).

• White vine initial 'C'(um) at the beginning of the text., Disputationes tusculanae

White vine initial 'C'(um) at the beginning of the text. Leaf signatures. Catchwords written horizontally. A large white vine initial in gold and colours at the beginning of each book (ff. 1, 3, 28v, 43v, 63v, 85). Space for

• Decorated initial 'M'(anchante) with foliate decoration including acanthus leaves extending into the margin at the beginning of the text., Filocolo (imperfect)

Decorated initial 'M'(anchante) with foliate decoration including acanthus leaves extending into the margin at the beginning of the text. Catchwords. Quires numbered on the recto of the 1st and verso of the last folio. Leaf signatures.Gap after f. 150.Watermark

• Partial white vine borderwith a large historiated initial 'H' (ieronimus) of Jerome., Epistles and other works

Partial white vine borderwith a large historiated initial 'H' (ieronimus) of Jerome. f. i is a ruled parchment leaf.Horizontal catchwords.The rubric on f. 324 has been erased. 1 partial white vine border in colours and gold with a large